Vintage print depicting the trial of Irish nationalist rebel leader Robert Emmet. Emmet (1778 - 1803) led a failed rebellion against British rule in Dublin in July 1803 and was subsequently tried for high treason on September 19 of that year. The print depicts Emmet (standing on the right with arms folded) addressing the court after being found guilty and sentenced to death by Chief Justice Lord Norbury. Emmet's famous speech from the dock ended with the words: "When my country takes her place among the nations of the earth, then and not till then, let my epitaph be written." The following day (September 20) Emmet was executed in Thomas Street - he was hanged and then beheaded once dead and his remains were secretly buried. Print circa 1866 by William C Robertson, from a drawing by E Valois.